Assignment #8 Surrealism and Cubism

Surrealism

Personal values, 1952 
Rene Magritte 

Surrealism mainly focuses with paradoxes, things in nature that defy logic and contradict itself. Painters tried to look deep within unconscious thought that could express creative ideas. Rene Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist who began creating paintings in the year 1915 with an impressionist style. He moved on to different forms of style until eventually creating his first surreal painting in 1926. Personal values steps into the reality of objects in reality being bigger than their environment. Objects in the painting are given human proportions compared to the room, creating a feeling of disorientation. When an object is given this element, the setting feels smaller than it naturally is. The walls are covered in sky wallpaper to help bring out a balance between being inside and outside. The color of the walls help bring unity with the darker objects in the painting.

Cubism 

Portrait of Pablo Picasso, 1912
Juan Gris

Cubism is breakdown of geometric form to construct an image that emphasizes the canvas. This art form decided to break away from perspective and move away from realistic drawings. Juan Gris was a Spanish painter and sculptor, born in Madrid, he was a distinctive artist of Cubism. The Portrait of Pablo Picasso was an early work of his which was a homage toward a notable innovator of cubism, Pablo Picasso. In the painting above, you can see the use of geometric shapes to help resemble Picasso's unique form. The portrait shows a crystalline structure composed by a fractured neck and head. The color scheme is dull composed with grey and dry colors. These colors allow a unification between the luminous touch and appropriate overtone